Indian gov't rushes team to Maharashtra to aid Zika virus monitoring

Xinhua
03 Aug 2021, 15:44 GMT+10

NEW DELHI, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- India's federal government Monday rushed a high-level multidisciplinary team to the western state of Maharashtra to monitor the Zika virus situation there and aid the local government in controlling the cases, an official statement said.

According to the health ministry, a case of Zika virus has been reported in Pune district recently.

The ministry said the team will work closely with the Maharashtra health department, take a stock of the situation on ground and assess whether the health ministry's action plan for Zika management was being implemented, and recommend necessary public health interventions for the management of Zika in the state.

Maharashtra is the second state in India to have reported Zika cases in India.

Over 60 cases of Zika virus have been reported in the southern state of Kerala recently.

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